"These are small, the ones outside are far away"
The Statue of Liberty is really wee
Pictures are gradually getting added to my photobucket account but I'm very lazy. I have however uploaded all the good ones to Imagestation
By the way, for anyone not lucky enough to have seen it, the title is a quote from Father Ted one of the finest comedies ever. It was a cruel injustice that it never made it into the top 10 of BBC's top British sitcoms while The Vicar of Dibley did.
Went to New York City this weekend and it was pretty cool, saw so much yet there was so much more that I didn't see. There were 10 of us going in 2 cars and we left on Wednesday at about 7pm and arrived around 7am taking an hour at the border even though there was no one else there. Because of their messing up so many countries and getting themselves a few enemies, the Americans now need fingerprints and a photograph of everyone entering the country. We stopped for 10 minutes or so before going to the border to see Niagara Falls illuminated at night.
First thing we did in the city was go up the Empire State Building, which gave a very good view of the whole city. Had a wander around the city seeing different sights; Grand Central Station seeing some fencing on the steps to the public library on the way there (New York has a bid for the 2012 olympics and this was part of their display to the IOC judges); Times Square; a little bit of Central Park; back to Times Square for some night pictures and on to China Town for dinner.
Started the second day by going to see where the World Trade Center used to be. It was a very weird feeling when you think about the events that happened a few years ago, so many people dying around where I was standing. Went further into the Financial District to see the workings of the New York Stock Exchange but it is no longer accessible to the public for fears of terrorist attacks so that was quite annoying.
Got a ferry out to Staten Island to get a closer view of the Statue of Liberty and a view of all the skyscrapers of downtown Manhattan. The Statue of Liberty is really wee, in films it always looks so big so it was a bit of a let down, I don't think we were even all that far away from it. The view of Manhattan was great though.
After getting back to Manhattan on the next ferry from Staten Island we went over the Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn. Kjetil and I left the rest of the group and we went wandering around Brooklyn, soon finding ourselves in the Jewish area, we could tell by all the Hebraic writing and the people dressed in Jewish attire.
Went back to Central Park to get some pictures of the skyscrapers at night. We were supposed to be meeting the others in the Museum of Modern Art but because I took so long in Central Park we got there just too late and took the opportunity to have a quick look round the museum (it was free!) Little Italy for dinner and after getting on the wrong subway and ending up in Brooklyn at night, with a couple of people there that did make it a tad scarey, we went back to the hostel.
Another day wandering around with Kjetil, all I wanted to do was to get a picture of the sun setting over Brooklyn bridge and the skyscrapers of the Financial District so I let Kjetil decide where to go all day. Went in the cathedral - the biggest in North America; wandered around a couple of residential areas - West Village and SoHo; through China Town and back to where Kjetil wanted to go on Brooklyn when we were there before, Williamsburg because in the guide book it said about some "creative use of delapodated buildings" which sounded quite interesting. I never got my photo - thought it would be good going up the next bridge from Brooklyn Bridge but the path on that side of the bridge was closed and couldn't really get a shot from the side we went on. At least we weren't late for meeting up with everyone else this time.
I went back up the Empire State Building with someone who missed it before so I was able to see it at night too. It was much better this time but because they don't allow tripods up, only a couple of my photos worked out. Finished the night by going to a comedy club where only the host and 2 of the 5 comics were very funny.
Times Square from the Empire State Building; almost the same shot but during the day
Crossing the border back into Canada took a few minutes and they treated us as people not as suspects. The security in New York were all dicks, try to sit down where they were fine with you standing and they'll be on you in seconds telling you to stand up. Happened to Kjetil 3 times I think.
Pictures are gradually getting added to my photobucket account but I'm very lazy. I have however uploaded all the good ones to Imagestation
By the way, for anyone not lucky enough to have seen it, the title is a quote from Father Ted one of the finest comedies ever. It was a cruel injustice that it never made it into the top 10 of BBC's top British sitcoms while The Vicar of Dibley did.
Went to New York City this weekend and it was pretty cool, saw so much yet there was so much more that I didn't see. There were 10 of us going in 2 cars and we left on Wednesday at about 7pm and arrived around 7am taking an hour at the border even though there was no one else there. Because of their messing up so many countries and getting themselves a few enemies, the Americans now need fingerprints and a photograph of everyone entering the country. We stopped for 10 minutes or so before going to the border to see Niagara Falls illuminated at night.
First thing we did in the city was go up the Empire State Building, which gave a very good view of the whole city. Had a wander around the city seeing different sights; Grand Central Station seeing some fencing on the steps to the public library on the way there (New York has a bid for the 2012 olympics and this was part of their display to the IOC judges); Times Square; a little bit of Central Park; back to Times Square for some night pictures and on to China Town for dinner.
Started the second day by going to see where the World Trade Center used to be. It was a very weird feeling when you think about the events that happened a few years ago, so many people dying around where I was standing. Went further into the Financial District to see the workings of the New York Stock Exchange but it is no longer accessible to the public for fears of terrorist attacks so that was quite annoying.
Got a ferry out to Staten Island to get a closer view of the Statue of Liberty and a view of all the skyscrapers of downtown Manhattan. The Statue of Liberty is really wee, in films it always looks so big so it was a bit of a let down, I don't think we were even all that far away from it. The view of Manhattan was great though.
After getting back to Manhattan on the next ferry from Staten Island we went over the Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn. Kjetil and I left the rest of the group and we went wandering around Brooklyn, soon finding ourselves in the Jewish area, we could tell by all the Hebraic writing and the people dressed in Jewish attire.
Went back to Central Park to get some pictures of the skyscrapers at night. We were supposed to be meeting the others in the Museum of Modern Art but because I took so long in Central Park we got there just too late and took the opportunity to have a quick look round the museum (it was free!) Little Italy for dinner and after getting on the wrong subway and ending up in Brooklyn at night, with a couple of people there that did make it a tad scarey, we went back to the hostel.
Another day wandering around with Kjetil, all I wanted to do was to get a picture of the sun setting over Brooklyn bridge and the skyscrapers of the Financial District so I let Kjetil decide where to go all day. Went in the cathedral - the biggest in North America; wandered around a couple of residential areas - West Village and SoHo; through China Town and back to where Kjetil wanted to go on Brooklyn when we were there before, Williamsburg because in the guide book it said about some "creative use of delapodated buildings" which sounded quite interesting. I never got my photo - thought it would be good going up the next bridge from Brooklyn Bridge but the path on that side of the bridge was closed and couldn't really get a shot from the side we went on. At least we weren't late for meeting up with everyone else this time.
I went back up the Empire State Building with someone who missed it before so I was able to see it at night too. It was much better this time but because they don't allow tripods up, only a couple of my photos worked out. Finished the night by going to a comedy club where only the host and 2 of the 5 comics were very funny.
Times Square from the Empire State Building; almost the same shot but during the day
Crossing the border back into Canada took a few minutes and they treated us as people not as suspects. The security in New York were all dicks, try to sit down where they were fine with you standing and they'll be on you in seconds telling you to stand up. Happened to Kjetil 3 times I think.
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